(HealthDay)—Varied study design and methodology make it difficult to assess real-world trends in adherence and persistence in use of biologics among U.S. adults with inflammatory […]
Researchers discover two, rare genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have identified two, extremely rare genetic variants linked to Alzheimer disease (AD) for the first time. These variants, one located in the NOTCH3 gene […]
For some people, attractive wives and high status husbands enhance marital quality
Your decision-making style—whether you make a “good enough” choice or seek to make the “best” possible choice among all possible options—influences your satisfaction with your […]
A shorter reproductive window in women linked to increased dementia risk
A team of US-based researchers has found that a shorter reproductive window is associated with a higher dementia risk. They also found a higher risk […]
Fewer reproductive years in women linked to an increased risk of dementia
Women who start their period later, go through menopause earlier or have a hysterectomy may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a […]
Pairing music with medication offers potential therapeutic strategy to manage pain
Past studies have explored the therapeutic effect of music, particularly compositions by Mozart, for patients with epilepsy. Researchers at University of Utah Health found pairing […]
Sound sense: Brain ‘listens’ for distinctive features in sounds
For humans to achieve accurate speech recognition and communicate with one another, the auditory system must recognize distinct categories of sounds—such as words—from a continuous […]
Motion recognition tech assists epilepsy diagnosis
Motion recognition technology is being used to help neurologists in the study of patients’ behaviour during seizures, to provide clues on the sub-type of epilepsy […]
Type 2 diabetes screening in community pharmacies could increase early diagnosis
Community pharmacies are well placed to screen patients for type 2 diabetes, which could increase early diagnosis and significantly reduce NHS costs—according to new research […]
Researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients
Researchers at UBC have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed to reduce or eliminate complications related to heart transplants. By using a newly developed […]
Peptide shows promise for protecting kidneys from nephritis
A synthetic peptide appears to directly disrupt the destructive inflammation that occurs in nephritis, enabling the kidneys to better recover and maintain their important functions, […]
How discrimination, PTSD may lead to high rates of preterm birth among African-American women
African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low birth weight, and together are […]
Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks
Judy’s first pregnancy was planned, and she was looking forward to having a baby. Yet, halfway through the pregnancy, something changed. She began to feel […]
Research links development of childhood leukaemia to mistakes by the immune system
Genetic mutations that drive the development of a common type of childhood leukaemia can be traced back to errors by the immune system during the […]